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[CITE: 38USC3531]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
               PART III--READJUSTMENT AND RELATED BENEFITS
 
      CHAPTER 35--SURVIVORS' AND DEPENDENTS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
 
               SUBCHAPTER IV--PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS
 
Sec. 3531. Educational assistance allowance

    (a) The Secretary shall, in accordance with the provisions of 
chapter 36 of this title, pay to the parent or guardian of each eligible 
person who is pursuing a program of education under this chapter, and 
who applies therefor on behalf of such eligible person, an educational 
assistance allowance to meet, in part, the expenses of the eligible 
person's subsistence, tuition, fees, supplies, books, equipment, and 
other educational costs.
    (b) The educational assistance allowance of an eligible person 
pursuing a program of education at an educational institution shall be 
paid as provided in chapter 36 of this title.

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1197, Sec. 1731; Pub. L. 89-
358, Sec. 4(l), Mar. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 24; Pub. L. 92-540, title III, 
Sec. 312, Oct. 24, 1972, 86 Stat. 1083; Pub. L. 94-502, title III, 
Secs. 309(c), 310(16), Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 2391, 2392; Pub. L. 96-
466, title III, Sec. 329, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2197; Pub. L. 101-237, 
title IV, Sec. 423(b)(1)(A), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2092; renumbered 
Sec. 3531, Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406.)


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83 renumbered section 1731 of this title as this 
section.
    1989--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-237 substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator''.
    1980--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-466 substituted provisions that the 
educational assistance allowance of an eligible person pursuing a 
program of education at an educational institution be paid as provided 
in chapter 36 of this title for provisions that no educational 
assistance allowance be paid on behalf of an eligible person enrolled in 
a course in an educational institution which does not lead to a standard 
college degree for any period until the Administrator received from the 
eligible person a certification as to the person's actual attendance 
during such period and from the educational institution a certification, 
or an endorsement on the eligible person's certificate, that the person 
was enrolled in and pursuing a course of education during such period.
    1976--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-502, Sec. 309(c), substituted 
``chapter 36'' for ``section 1780''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94-502, Sec. 310(16), substituted ``the 
person's'' for ``his'' and ``the person'' for ``he''.
    1972--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-540, Sec. 312(1), inserted provision 
requiring the Administrator to pay in accordance with the provisions of 
section 1780 of this title.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92-540, Sec. 312(2), (3), redesignated subsec. 
(d) as (b). Former subsec. (b), which provided for the payment of the 
educational assistance allowance, pursuant to section 1732 of this 
title, to the eligible person only for a period of his enrollment as 
approved by the Administrator subject to certain limitations, was struck 
out.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 92-540, Sec. 312(2), struck out subsec. (c) 
which authorized the Administrator, pursuant to regulations, to 
determine enrollment in, pursuit of, and attendance at, any program of 
education or course by an eligible person.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 92-540, Sec. 312(3), redesignated subsec. (d) 
as (b).
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 92-540, Sec. 312(2), struck out subsec. (e) 
which related to the prompt payment by the Administrator of the 
allowance to the eligible person.
    1966--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 89-358 added subsec. (c) and struck out 
former subsec. (c) which conditioned payment of allowance to eligible 
person taking college degree course on receipt from such person of 
certification of enrollment and pursuit of such course and from 
educational institution certification or indorsement on student's 
certification of enrollment and pursuit of such course, prescribed such 
conditions for eligible person taking a course not leading to college 
degree as are now incorporated in subsec. (d) of this section, and 
required payments to be made within twenty days after receipt of 
requisite certifications, now incorporated in subsec. (e) of this 
section.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 89-358 redesignated provisions of former 
subsec. (c)(1)(B), (2) as subsec. (d).
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 89-358 added subsec. (e). Concluding sentence 
of former subsec. (c), struck out by Pub. L. 89-358, provided for 
payment of such allowances within twenty days after receipt by the 
Administrator of requisite certifications.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-466 effective Oct. 1, 1980, except as 
otherwise specifically provided, see section 802(c) of Pub. L. 96-466, 
set out as a note under section 3452 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 94-502 effective Oct. 15, 1976, see section 
703(b) of Pub. L. 94-502, set out as an Effective Date note under 
section 3693 of this title.
